>> James: WELCOME BACK!
WE'RE HERE WITH KRISTIN CHENOWETH AND KAL PEN.
KAL, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS BRILLIANT MEMOIR.
"YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS."
>> THANK YOU.
>> James: YOU WRITE SO WELL IN THE BOOK.
YOU TELL A TALE ABOUT YOUR LIFE, YOUR FASCINATING CAREER.
YOU'VE HAD SUCH AN AMAZING, RICH AND FULL LIFE.
WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO BRING THIS NOW?
>> I WANTED TO WRITE A BOOK FOR THE 20-YEAR-OLD VERSION OF
MYSELF AND THE PERSON OUT THERE WHO DOESN'T VIEW THE WORLD AS
BINARY.
YOU MIGHT HAVE MULTIPLE PASSIONS AND CAREERS.
I LOVE WHAT WE DO SO MUCH AS ARTISTS.
EVERYONE'S DIALED INTO PUBLIC SERVICE WHATEVER THEIR POLITICAL
VIEWS ARE, AND I JUST THOUGHT THINGS HAVE CHANGED SO
WONDERFULLY IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, WHY NOT FOCUS ON WHAT IT
IS THAT BRINGS US TOGETHER AND CELEBRATE THE THINGS WE SHOULD
CELEBRATE.
SO I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS TIME TO WRITE THAT STORY.
>> James: IT'S SO GREAT AND BRILLIANT.
>> CAN'T WAIT TO READ IT.
>> James: YOU'RE VERY CLOSE TO YOUR PARENTS.
WHAT DO THEY MAKE OF YOU WRITING THIS?
>> I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WERE GOING TO ASK ME ABOUT MY
PARENTS.
AS HEARTFELT AS THE SEPTEMBERMENT I JUST SAID, IT'S
ALL TRUE, I WANTED IT TO BE FUNNY, AND MY SENSE OF HUMOR CAN
BE SOPHOMORIC.
SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, MY PARENTS ONLY HAD ONE NO.
THEY WERE FINE WITH ANY OF THE STORIES, R RATED JOKES, EXCEPT
ONE.
THE ONLY NOTE THERE'S A SECTION WHERE I TALK ABOUT MY COUSIN AND
HE AND I HAVE HAD A PRANK COMPETITION FOR TEN OR 15 YEARS
AND WE TRY TO ONE-UP EACH OTHER AND IN THE BOOK I WHERE ABOUT
HOW HE CAUGHTGON RE-DWRA IN THE PANDEMIC.
I NAME HIM AND TALK ABOUT HOW HE CAUGHT GONORRHEA.
AND IN A TINY FOOTNOTE I WRITE ABOUT HOW HE DIDN'T CATCH
GONORRHEA IN THE PANDEMIC AND MENTION THE PRANK.
AND NO ONE READS THESE.
AND I THOUGHT THIS IS HOW I WIN THE PRANK.
THEY SAID I CAN'T DO THIS.
I CHANGED THE NAME BUT HE KNOWS WHO HE IS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: KRISTIN, YOU'RE
PERFORMING THE NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY
AIRING ON CBS SUNDAY.
>> YES.
>> James: HUGE NIGHT.
YOU HAVE SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY VOICE.
TID YOU GO CHRISTMAS CARROLING WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP?
>> WITH MY CHURCH GROUP, I DID.
WE ALWAYS DID IT AT DINNER TIME.
IN OKLAHOMA EVERYTHING CENTERS AROUND DINNER AND FOOD.
CHRISTMAS, I WAS AT HOME, ( KNOCKING )
KNOCK, WE'RE EATING KIN DINNER.
A GROUP OF GIRLS, THEY WERE SINGING SILENT NIGHT, AND
THERE'S 45 VERSES.
VERSE THREE, I'M STANDING IN MY BACK AND I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF
SILENT NIGHT.
SO I DECIDED TO DESTROY THEIR DREAMS AND I POP OUT AND I GO,
HI!
AND THEY ALL GO, OH!
AND I JUST SLOWLY SHUT THE DOOR.
>> OH, NO!
I'M TERRIBLE.
I'M NEVER BEING INVITED BACK ARE I?
>> James: NEVER.
YOU'RE THE FRIEND WE NEED IN THAT MOMENT.
>> NOBODY THINKS THAT BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> James: REGGIE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR GUESTS THIS
EVENING?
>> YES, TONIGHT'S QUESTION GOES TO -- LET'S MAKE IT FOR OUR
GUESTS.
THEORETICALLY, IF YOU LOOK A IMMEDIATE Y'ALL OR STRONG-HIGH
MEDIUM DOSE OF MUSH LOOMS, WOULD YOU PREFER TO BE IN A CABIN WITH
A FEW FRIENDS, BY A RIVER, OR IN A CITY WANDERING AROUND?
>> A CABIN.
IS THERE ANY QUESTION?
>> CITY WANDERING AROUND.
I CALL IT MONDAY.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Reggie: DIVERSE ANSWERS AND
ALSO CORRECT.
>> James: ABSOLUTELY CORRECT!
POLICE THANK KRISTIN CHENOWETH, KAL PEN!
STICK AROUND!
KRISTIN IS GOING TO PERFORM WHEN WE COME BACK!
DON'T GO ANYWHERE!